Get Spruced Up!!!

It's the most wonderful time of the year..........I truly love Christmas it's my favorite holiday, it a time of giving, caring and to be completely honest eating heaps of food!!! Once again I was digging in my heels and going through my emails from Idea Bite and I have to say the ultimate gift for me this year is the gift set from Pangea Organics there are three variations but my favorite is the first that comes with Indian Green Tea with mint and rose petal soap..... ummm sounds invigorating and refreshing Malagasy Cinnamon Cassia with cloves soap and Pyrenees Lavender with Cardamon lip balm. But the best part is they are paying homage to their friend the tree (God bless their wonderful souls!!) and they have designed their gift box to be 100% compostable, biodegradable and plantable and when I say plantable it is not your usual wild flowers. You will be planting a spruce tree!! talk about thinking out of the box. A brilliant idea for you me and of course the environment. So if your stumped on what to get for your honey or friend visit www.pangeaorganics.com

From here to there Green Restaurants are everywhere!!!

So now that I am in the nyc I'm going to put my taste buds to good use and start sampling the cities green fare! Thanks to the daily bites sent to my email from Idea Bite. I have over two hundred bites that I have to tackle and share with ya'll so I figured I would start with what I enjoy most...FOOD!

From the eclectic streets of Alphabet City to the Morningside Heights where many Columbia students call home these restaurants are sure to set your mouths watering.

Back Forty located on 190 Avenue B btw 11/12 serves yummy grass fed burgers, buttermilk onion rings and tasty local wine and beer to quench your thirst. While way uptown in Morningside Heights many Columbia students enjoy delicious wild Maine Blueberry pancakes and bottomless fair trade organic coffee at Community Food and Juice located at 2893 Broadway at 112th st. If you are up for a weekend adventure than please take the time to visit these wonderful restaurants.

It's been waaaaaaaay too long!!!!

I am soooooo sorry for the long lapse in updates I have been in the process of relocating to the fabulous NYC and unfortunately have been to busy to blog.....Here is a brief recap of our Summer. Yes I just said summer and on a day like today I wish it were still here.

This Summer my daughter joined the Green Camp down in battery park, they visited various green restaurants, a bicycle recycling plant, and built their own mini solar cars. overall my daughter gave them an A+ for the exciting trips and fun activities and I gave them an A+ also for the price!

Baby Step of the Month!!

Yesterday I went to the Library with my daughter. We often go to the library, Chapters or Barnes and Noble when we are in New York because we are both book lovers. But I have to say my experience was very different, I began to take a real look at our local library and what I found was amazing......they had movies you could take out, music CD's, classical music, jazz, pop, country you name it. But what I loved was they had all the updated magazines I literally saved myself $30 WOW! My daughter was able to take out thirteen books and the savings there was amazing as well.
Take time to visit your local Library it is filled with many activities to do with your child and it's good for the environment!!

Rattle and Hum!!!!

I said let me see you shake a tail feather......shake it! shake it baby! Okay your probably wondering where I'm going with all this, I found this adorable website http://www.blablakids.com/ and they had the sweetest knitted bird rattles with names such as Octavio and Sonatina. I also loved the mobiles Whale girl Elephant, Catch me if you can and the whimsical blue birds. They are completely washable and the Perfect gift!

From Delicious to Weelicious

Now there is a new alternative to pureed squash for dinner and pureed pear for dessert for your little one....http://www.weelicious.com/ shows frazzled moms how to make a wee feast for your wee little beastie, free from preservatives salt and sugar. How does Mediterranean Medley and Mango Creamsicle sound! Yum! Yum! for your Tum! Tum! The best part is there is no packaging so that's one less piece of trash in our landfills.

I'm Baaaack!!!!

So sorry I was away for sooooo long but I have returned with an armful of green goodies!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend!